Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (U.S. title: Those Fantastic Flying Fools; also known as Chiflados Del Espacio, Blast-off, and Rocket to the Moon) is a 1967 British science fiction comedy film directed by Don Sharp and starring Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Fröbe and Terry-Thomas.
Plot
In Victorian England, everyone is trying to make new scientific discoveries, including such failures as the Duke of Barset's attempt to create the first house in England illuminated by electricity (leading to its going up in flames), Sir Charles Dillworthy's suspension bridge (which falls apart directly as Queen Victoria cuts its inaugural ribbon) and, in Germany, Siegfried von Bulow's powerful new explosive (which is intended to require only a minute quantity)'s disastrous recoil. In the US, meanwhile, when Phineas T. Barnum's "Greatest Show on Earth" burns to the ground, he heads to England with his star, Tom Thumb.
More details
| author | David Freeman Harry Alan Towers |
|---|---|
| director | Don Sharp |
| editor | Ann Chegwidden |
| genre | comedy science fiction |
| keywords | aeronaut barset barsetshire burlak general tom thumb german empire germany id kidnap knout meet phineas t. barnum project a queen victoria russian spy sing suspension bridge the song of the volga boatmen to the moon tom thumb victorian england wash wayward girl wedding day |
| musicBy | John Scott |
| producer | Harry Alan Towers |
| productionCompany | Jules Verne Films |
| publisher | American International Pictures Associated British Picture Corporation |